Maynard v. First Bank
Maynard v. First Bank
Opinion of the Court
The appellant brought this action to recover the sum of $912, alleged to be owing to him from the respondent. The cause was tried to the court without a jury. At the close of all the evidence, the trial court was of the opinion that the amount in controversy had been adjusted by accord and satisfaction prior to the bringing of the action, and for that reason dismissed the case. The plaintiff has appealed from that order.
It appears that, in the year 1905, the respondent brought an action against the appellant, alleging that appellant was indebted to the respondent on three causes of action, in the amount of $4,748.85, besides interest. The cause never came
The judgment must therefore be affirmed, and it is so ordered.
Rudkin, C. J., Crow, Parker, and Dunbar, JJ., concur.
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- Clarence E. Maynard v. First Bank of Colton
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- Compromise and Settlement — Mistake—Evidence—Sufficiency. A finding that there was no mistake or fraud in a compromise and settlement is justified by the evidence, where after action brought upon an account extending over a period of years, the parties got together, the accounts were gone over, item by item, and $3,550 was finally paid in full satisfaction of claims amounting to $4,743.85; and it appears that the claim of mistake related to a note of $700 and interest which had been twice charged in the account, which double charge was admitted, but there was evidence that a credit was given for the double charge prior to the settlement, and the note was one of the disputed items in the settlement.